Governments Need to Stop Dismissing Crypto as Illicit Payments and Reckless S...

Governments Need to Stop Dismissing Crypto as Illicit Payments and Reckless S...

Mohamed El-Erian, an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy Funds Management, says that “The time has come for more western governments to stop dismissing the crypto revolution as some mix of illicit payments schemes and reckless financial speculation.” Western Governments Urged to Stop Ignoring Crypto Revolution Mohamed El-Erian, president of Queens College, Cambridge University, has urged the crypto world and western governments to cooperate. The Egyptian-American businessman is also chief economic adviser at Allianz, the corporate parent of PIMCO, one of the largest investment....


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